발음 : 스타우로스 stauros {stow-ros'}
어근 : *2476 에서 유래
어의 : 기둥, 십자가, 막대기, 죽음의 위험에 노출됨, 자기 부인, 그리스도의 속죄
문법 : 남성형 명사
from the base of 2476; TDNT - 7:572,1071
AV - cross 28; 28
1) an upright stake, esp. a pointed one
2) a cross
2a) a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves
2b) the crucifixion which Christ underwent